The Young Vic production of Matthew Lopez’s two-part play begins performances March 2.

Vanessa Redgrave and John Benjamin Hickey

Stage and screen legend Vanessa Redgrave and Tony winner John Benjamin Hickey (recently on Broadway in Six Degrees of Separation) are among those set to star in the world premiere of Matthew Lopez’s The Inheritance.

The two-part play, which explores the young gay community in New York a generation after the AIDS crisis of the ‘80s and ‘90s, begins March 2 at London’s Young Vic.

Performances will run through May 19, with the official opening night set for March 28. The cast will also feature Andrew Burnap, Samuel H. Levine, Kyle Soller, Hugo Bolton, Robert Boulter, Hubert Burton, Syrus Lower, Michael Marcus, Luke Thallon, and Michael Walters.

Tony winner Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot) will direct. The production will feature sets and costumes by Bob Crowley, lighting design by Jon Clark, and sound design by Paul Arditti and Chris Reid.